Commercial Luger ID Mystery

[Hugo Borchardt]

Thanks for the photos. From the photos, and by comparing by gun side by side with my 1908 and my 1920 DWMs, I can see that it appears that the two bars that protrude from the back of the lower frame slide that the receiver and toggle slide into (do we have a name for those? rear receiver guide? rear slide?) have been cut off. I will be most interested to hear why such a thing was probably done and what it says about the origin of the gun....

Also by comparing to other pieces I have, the lug has no inspection or other mark on it, and seems a bit rough around the edges, although both the other Lugers I examined did have the same diagonal small nicks protruding from the sides toward the center.

Is it that the receiver type doesn't match the frame type, and they "made it fit"?

Thanks, Vern, for taking time to provide the photos...it is apparent you did that just for this analysis.

Clark